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#EBFDE1

Beige · very light cool white

About #EBFDE1

#EBFDE1 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 99% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 6.8); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F3E1FD — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBFDE1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red235
Green253
Blue225

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #EBFDE1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EBFDE1.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EBFDE1.
19.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBFDE1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBFDE1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF7E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBFAF5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBFDE1?

#EBFDE1 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 99% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBFDE1?

Use black text. Black on #EBFDE1 has a contrast ratio of 19.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBFDE1?

Its complementary colour is #F3E1FD, and analogous partners are #F9FDE1 and #E1FDE5.